Epernicus: Richard P Meisel, Ph.D.

Richard P Meisel, Ph.D.

Position:
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Advisor:
Andrew G. Clark
Degrees:

Ph.D., Genetics, Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)

B.A., Biology (Genetics & Development), Cornell University (Ithaca, NY)
Past Advisors:

Stephen Schaeffer (as Graduate Student - Ph.D.)

Ross MacIntyre (as Undergraduate Student)

Judith A Lengyel (as Undergraduate Student)
Research:
Honors:
2008-present NIH NRSA Fellowship

2009 SMBE Postdoctoral Travel Award

2008 Alumni Association Dissertation Award, Penn State University

2008 SMBE Graduate Student Travel Award

2006-2008 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

2005-2006 Hill Memorial Fund Award, Dept. of Biology, Penn State University

2002-2003 University Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University

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Richard Meisel's Publications (5)

Evolutionary Dynamics of Recently Duplicated Genes: Selective Constraints on Diverging Paralogs in the Drosophila pseudoobscura Genome.
Meisel RP

Journal of molecular evolution. 2009 Jun 18
Repeat mediated gene duplication in the Drosophila pseudoobscura genome.
Meisel RP

Gene. 2009 Mar 9
A Complex Suite of Forces Drives Gene Traffic from Drosophila X Chromosomes
Richard P Meisel, Mira V Han, Matthew W Hahn

Genome Biol Evol. 2009;1:176-188
Meiotic transmission of Drosophila pseudoobscura chromosomal arrangements.
Meisel RP, Schaeffer SW

PLoS ONE. 2007;2(6):e530
Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution.
Richards S, Liu Y, Bettencourt BR, Hradecky P, Letovsky S, Nielsen R, Thornton K, Hubisz MJ, Chen R, Meisel RP, Couronne O, Hua S, Smith MA, Zhang P, Liu J, Bussemaker HJ, van Batenburg MF, Howells SL, Scherer SE, Sodergren E, Matthews BB, Crosby MA, Schroeder AJ, Ortiz-Barrientos D, Rives CM, Metzker ML, Muzny DM, Scott G, Steffen D, Wheeler DA, Worley KC, Havlak P, Durbin KJ, Egan A, Gill R, Hume J, Morgan MB, Miner G, Hamilton C, Huang Y, Waldron L, Verduzco D, Clerc-Blankenburg KP, Dubchak I, Noor MA, Anderson W, White KP, Clark AG, Schaeffer SW, Gelbart W, Weinstock GM, Gibbs RA

Genome research. 2005 Jan;15(1):1-18

Richard Meisel's Posters and Presentations (13)

RNA-seq quantitation of sex-biased gene expression in Drosophila willistoni. (presentation)
Richard P Meisel, Andrew G. Clark

SMBE 2009, Iowa City, IA; 06/2009
Relaxed selective constraints on the derived copies of genes duplicated off of the Drosophila pseudoobscura neo-X chromosome. (poster)
Richard P Meisel

Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago, IL; 03/2009
Lineage specific patterns of gene duplication and relocation in Drosophila genomes reveal insights into the early evolution of sex chromosomes (presentation)
Richard P Meisel, Mira V. Han, Matthew W. Hahn

SMBE 2008, Barcelona, ESP; 06/2008
A burst of gene duplication followed the creation of neo-X chromosomes in Drosophila (presentation)
Richard P Meisel, Mira V Han, Matthew W Hahn

Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA; 04/2008
Evolutionary fates of duplicated genes: measuring the amount of selective constraint on diverging paralogs in the Drosophila pseudoobscura genome. (presentation)
Richard P Meisel

SMBE 2007, Halifax, NS; 06/2007
On the Origin and Evolution of Segmentally Duplicated Genes in the Drosophila pseudoobscura Genome. (poster)
Richard P Meisel, Nadia Hasan, Ben B Hilldorfer, Robin P LeGros, Rachel L Zindren, Stephen W Schaeffer

Drosophila Research Conference, Philadelphia, PA; 03/2007
Evolution of Segmentally Duplicated Genes in the Drosophila pseudoobscura Genome (presentation)
Richard P Meisel, Stephen W Schaeffer

Evolution 2006, Stony Brook, NY; 06/2006
Origin and evolution of segmentally duplicated genes in the Drosophila pseudoobscura genome. (presentation)
Richard P Meisel, Stephen W Schaeffer

SMBE 2006, Tempe, AZ; 05/2006
Gene duplication at Drosophila rearrangement breakpoints can occur independently of an inversion event (poster)
Richard P Meisel, Stephen W Schaeffer

Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, CA; 04/2005
Patterns of gene duplication in the Drosophila pseudoobscura genome (presentation)
Richard P Meisel, Stephen W Schaeffer

Northeast Ecology and Evolution Conference, University Park, PA; 03/2005
Conserved motifs are found at Drosophila pseudoobscura rearrangement breakpoints (poster)
Richard P Meisel, Stephen Richards, Brian R Bettencourt, Pavel Hradecky, Stan Letovsky, Richard A Gibbs, William M Gelbart, Stephen W Schaeffer

SMBE 2004, University Park, PA; 06/2004
Conserved motifs are found at Drosophila pseudoobscura rearrangement breakpoints (presentation)
Richard P Meisel, Stephen Richards, Brian R Bettencourt, Pavel Hradecky, Stan Letovsky, Richard A Gibbs, William M Gelbart, Stephen W Schaeffer

Eastern Great Lakes Molecular Evolution Meeting, Ithaca, NY; 04/2004
Conserved motifs are found at Drosophila pseudoobscura rearrangement breakpoints (poster)
Richard P Meisel, Stephen Richards, Brian R Bettencourt, Pavel Hradecky, Stan Letovsky, Richard A Gibbs, William M Gelbart, Stephen W Schaeffer

Drosophila Research Conference, Washington, DC; 03/2004

One Figure

Alternative outcomes of non-allelic DSB repair. Solid lines indicate regions containing genes, with the genes represented by single letters. Dashed lines show repeat sequences that pair during non-allelic DSB repair.

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